Ran Cheng Outlines
Education
Position
Honors
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Ran (Ryan) Cheng
Ph.D. Student
   

Education
8/2004-6/2008 Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China BE, Biomedical Enegeering
8/2008- University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA Ph.D. Student
Biomedical Enegeering
Position
2008- PhD Student and Research Assistant University of Kentucky
  Bio-photonics Laboratory (PI: Guoqiang Yu) Biomedical Engineering
Honors
2008-2012 Graduate Research Assistantship, BME University of Kentucky
2008 Conference Travel Support Award University of Kentucky
2010 Treasurer University of Kentucky Student Chapter of Biomedical Engineering Society
Professional Memberships
2010- Member Member, Optical Society of American (OSA)
2009- Member Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES)
Publications
Peer-Reviewed Paper
- L. Dong, M. Kudrimoti, R. Cheng, Y. Shang, E. L. Johnson, S. D. Stevens, B. J. Shelton, and G. Yu, “Noninvasive diffuse optical monitoring of head and neck tumor blood flow and oxygenation during radiation delivery,” Biomedical Optics Express, Vol. 3 Issue 2, pp.259-272 (2012).
- D. Irwin, L. Dong, Y. Shang, R. Cheng, M. Kudrimoti, S.D. Stevens, and G. Yu, "Influences of tissue absorption and scattering on diffuse correlation spectroscopy blood flow measurements," Biomedical Optics Express 2, 1969-1985 (2011).
- Y. Shang, R. Cheng, L. Dong, S.J. Ryan, S.P. Saha, and G. Yu, "Cerebral monitoring during carotid endarterectomy using near-infrared diffuse optical spectroscopies and electroencephalogram", Physics in Medicine and Biology 56(10), 3015-32 (2011).
- G. Yu, Y. Shang, Y. Zhao, R. Cheng, L. Dong, and S.P. Saha, "Intraoperative evaluation of revascularization effect on ischemic muscle hemodynamics using near-infrared diffuse optical spectroscopies," Journal of Biomedical Optics 16(2), 027004 (2011)
- N. Munk, B. Symons, Y. Shang, R. Cheng and G. Yu, "Noninvasively measuring the hemodynamic effects of massage on skeletal muscle: A novel hybrid near-infrared diffuse optical instrument," Journal of bodywork and movement therapies 16(1), 22-28 (2012)
- Yu Shang, Youquan Zhao, Ran Cheng, Lixin Dong, Daniel Irwin and Guoqiang Yu, “Portable optical tissue flow oximeter based on diffuse correlation spectroscopy”, Optics Letters,34(22), 3556-3558 (2009)
Book Chapter
- Guoqiang Yu, Turgut Durduran, Chao Zhou, Ran Cheng, Arjun G. Yodh, “Near-infrared Diffuse Correlation Spectroscopy (DCS) for Assessment of Tissue Blood Flow”, in “Handbook of Biomedical Optics”, Chapter 13, D.A. Boas, C. Pitris, and N. Ramanujam, Editors, Taylor & Francis Books, Inc. (2010)
Conference Abstracts
- R. Cheng, Y. Shang, G. Yu, “Noninvasive Optical Detection of Spontaneous Low Frequency Oscillations in Cerebral Blood Flow”, OSA Biomedical Optics (BIOMED), Miami, FL, 2012
- L. Dong, M. Kudrimoti, R. Cheng, Y. Shang, E. L. Johnson, S. D. Stevens, B. J. Shelton, G. Yu, “Noninvasive diffuse optical monitoring of hemodynamic changes in head and neck tumor during radiation delivery”, OSA Biomedical Optics (BIOMED), Miami, FL, 2012
- L. Dong, D. Irwin, Y. Shang, R. Cheng, M. Kudrimoti, S. D. Stevens, and G. Yu, “Influences of Tissue Optical Properties on Diffuse Correlation Spectroscopy Blood Flow Measurements”, OSA Biomedical Optics (BIOMED), Miami, FL, 2012
- Y. Shang, R. Cheng, L. Dong, S. J. Ryan, S. P. Saha, G. Yu, “Comparison of diffuse optical spectroscopies and electroencephalogram for cerebral monitoring during carotid endarterectomy”, OSA Biomedical Optics (BIOMED), Miami, FL, 2012
- Y. Shang, R. Cheng, L. Dong, S.J. Ryan, S.P. Saha, and G. Yu, "Use of Diffuse Optical Spectroscopies and Electroencephalogram for Cerebral Monitoring During Carotid Endarterectomy", ECI (Engineering Conference International) conference Advances in Optics for Biotechnology, Medicine and Surgery XII, Naples, FL, USA (2011).
- Y. Shang, Y. Zhao, R. Cheng, L. Dong, S.P. Saha, and G. Yu, "Diffuse Optical Evaluation of Revascularization Effect on Ischemic Muscle Hemodynamics in Lower Extremities", ECI (Engineering Conference International) conference Advances in Optics for Biotechnology, Medicine and Surgery XII, Naples, FL, USA (2011).
- B. Symons, N. Munk, Y. Shang, R. Cheng, and G. Yu, “Lower Limb Massage Increases Skeletal Muscle Blood Flow in Young Women”, Annual Meeting of American College of Sports and Medicine (ACSM), Denver, CL, 2011
- Yu Shang, Ran Cheng, Lixin Dong, Sibu P. Saha, and Guoqiang Yu, “Detection of Cerebral Ischemia during Carotid Dendarterectomy using Near-Infrared Diffuse Optics Spectroscopies”, 52nd Annual World Congress, International College of Angiology (ICA) 2010, Lexington, KY, USA (October, 2010) (oral presentation)
- Ran Cheng, Yu Shang, Guoqiang Yu, Sibu P. Saha, “Intraoperative Evaluation of Revascularization Effect on Ischemic Muscle Hemodynamics Using Near-infrared Diffuse Optical Spectroscipies”, 52nd Annual World Congress, International College of Angiology (ICA) 2010, Lexington, KY, USA (2010)
- Ran Cheng, Yu Shang, Daniel Kameny, Don Hayes, Jr., Guoqiang Yu, “Noninvasive Optical Evaluation of Cerebral Autoregulation in Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea”, in 2010 Biomedical Optics and 3-D Imaging, OSA Optics & Photonics Congress. Miami, FL, USA (2010)
- Guoqiang Yu, Yu Shang, Youquan Zhao, Ran Cheng, Lixin Dong, Daniel Irwin, “A portable optical tissue flow-oximeter based on diffuse correlation spectroscopy”, in BiOS SPIE Photonics West. San Francisco, CA, USA (2010)
- Yu Shang, Youquan Zhao, Ran Cheng, Lixin Dong, Sibu P. Saha and G. Yu, "Intraoperative assessment of acute revascularization effect on ischemic muscle perfusion and oxygenation", The International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE) Photonics West, San Francisco, CA, USA (2010)
- Niki Munk, Brock Symons, Yu Shang, Ran Cheng, Guoqiang Yu, “Measuring the Effects of Massage on Skeletal Muscle Blood Flow: A Novel Hybrid Near-Infrared Diffuse Optical Instrument”, in 2010 Highlighting Massage Therapy in Complementary and Integrative Medicine (CIM) Research, Seattle, WA, USA (2010)
- Ran Cheng, Yu Shang, Youquan Zhao, Lixin Dong, Don Hayes, Jr., Guoqiang Yu , “Noninvasive Diffuse Optical Evaluation of Cerebral Autoregulation”, in Fall Annual Meeting of the Biomedical Engineering Society. Pittsburgh, PA, USA (2009)
- Yu Shang, Youquan Zhao, Ran Cheng, Daniel Irwin, Lixin Dong, Karin R. Swartz, Sara. Salles, and Guoqiang Yu, "Noninvasive Assessment of Muscle Hemodynamic Enhancement by Electrical Stimulation Using Diffuse Optical Spectroscopies", Fall Annual Meeting of the Biomedical Engineering Society, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, (2009)
- Youquan Zhao, Yu Shang, Ran Cheng, Lixin Dong, Sibu P. Saha, and Guoqiang Yu, "Diffuse Optical Monitoring of Revascularization Effect on Skeletal Muscle Perfusion", Fall Annual Meeting of the Biomedical Engineering Society, Pittsburgh, PA, USA (2009)
- Guoqiang Yu, Youquan Zhao, Yu Shang, Ran Cheng, Lixin Dong, and Sibu P. Saha, "Intraoperative Evaluation of Revascularization Effect on Ischemic Muscle Perfusion", 2nd Photonics and OptoElectronics Meetings (POEM 2009), Wuhan, China (2009)
- Guoqiang Yu, Yu Shang, Youquan Zhao, Ran Cheng, Daniel Irwin, Lixin Dong, Karin R. Swartz, and Sara S. Salles, "Diffuse Optical Evaluation of Muscle Hemodynamic Responses to Electrical Stimulation", 2nd Photonics and OptoElectronics Meetings (POEM 2009), Wuhan, China (2009)